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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when pti_disable is set
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 09:02:55AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:51 AM, Dave Hansen
> <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On 01/11/2018 07:44 AM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> >>> I think we also need to be able to dump the actual
> >>> CR3 value that we entered the kernel with before we start doing too much
> >>> other funky stuff with the entry code.
> >> When you say dump, you mean save it somewhere in a per_cpu variable ?
> >
> > Yeah, I think a per-cpu variable is fine for now. But, that only gives
> > you a dump from a single entry to the kernel. Ideally, it would be nice
> > to have a stack of them so you could do things like debug
> > syscall->fault->oops. Was it the syscall entry or the fault entry that
> > lead to the oops?
> >
> > But, the stack gets really fun because of NMIs.
> >
> > I'm sure Andy Lutomirski has some ideas too.
>
> I was thinking that maybe we should add a new field or two to pt_regs.
> They could store CR2 and maybe CR3 as well. I'd also like to expose
> the error code of exceptions in stack traces. We should get this
> integrated right into the unwinder.

hmm. Exposing cr3 to user space will make it trivial for user process
to know whether kpti is active. Not sure how exploitable such
information leak.

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